The Political Economy of Hurricane Katrina and Community Rebound

Edited by Emily Chamlee-Wright () and Virgil Storr ()

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Abstract: In 2005 Hurricane Katrina posed an unprecedented set of challenges to formal and informal systems of disaster response and recovery. Informed by the Virginia School of Political Economy, the contributors to this study critically examine the public policy environment that led to both successes and failures in the post-Katrina disaster response and long-term recovery. Building from this perspective, this book lends critical insight into the nature of the social coordination problems disasters present, the potential for public policy to play a positive role, and the inherent limitations policymakers face in overcoming the myriad challenges that are a product of catastrophic disaster.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Environment; Politics and Public Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
ISBN: 9781848442382
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Introduction: Uncertainty and Discovery in a Post-Disaster Context

Emily Chamlee-Wright and Virgil Storr

Ch 2 Uncertainty in the Post-Katrina Big Easy

Adam Martin

Ch 3 The Use of Knowledge in Natural Disaster Relief Management

Russell Sobel and Peter Leeson

Ch 4 Making Hurricane Response More Effective: Lessons from the Private Sector and the Coast Guard During Katrina

Steven Horwitz

Ch 5 Restricting Reconstruction: Occupational Licensing and Natural Disasters

David Skarbek

Ch 6 The Role of Social Entrepreneurship in Post-Katrina Community Recovery

Emily Chamlee-Wright and Virgil Storr

Ch 7 Entrepreneurship and Social Networks in Post-Disaster Environments

Petrik Runst

Ch 8 Rock Me Like a Hurricane! How Music Communities Promote Social Capital Adept for Recovery

Daniel J. D’Amico

Ch 9 Lessons from Post-Flood Recovery of New Orleans and Prague

Leonid O. Krasnozhon and Daniel M. Rothschild

Ch 10 Earth, Wind, and Fire! Federalism and Incentive in Natural Disaster Response

Emily C. Schaeffer and Andrew Kashdan

Ch 11 The Road Home: Helping Homeowners in the Gulf After Katrina

Eileen Norcross and Anthony Skriba

Ch 12 School Choice and Post-Katrina New Orleans: An Analysis

Jeb Bleckley and Joshua Hall

Ch 13 Improving Academics in the Aftermath: A Case Study of New Orleans’ Experiment with Charter Schools

Erin Marie Agemy

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